Insulation for Homes in the Wildland Urban Interface
Noncombustible insulation gives homes a stronger chance of surviving a wildfire.
As wildfires continue to destroy homes and communities across the country, building professionals are looking for insulation solutions that prioritize fire safety and resilience. Enter ROCKWOOL Comfortboard®, a noncombustible insulation option designed for homes in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI).
Use it in wall or roof assemblies along with other noncombustible materials to build more fire-resistant structures without sacrificing performance or efficiency. Watch the video above or keep reading to learn more from high-performance builder and lead carpenter Ben Bogie.
Here’s the Transcript
We’re here in the ROCKWOOL booth at IBS and we want to talk about a very timely set of building assemblies — WUI (Wildland Urban Interface) assemblies. These are assemblies put together with areas that might be susceptible to fires in mind.
We have a couple of different options here. This is a noncombustible wall assembly that’s prepared for wildland fires. You have a noncombustible stucco in this case — or noncombustible cladding — a ventilation space, and then noncombustible insulation in the form of ROCKWOOL Comfortboard®.
We also have some roof assemblies. Here we have an unvented roof assembly using the ROCKWOOL Comfortboard®. This is for climate zones 1 through 3, and there will be details for climate zones 4, 5, and 6 as well.
Then there are options for venting. This is a soffit-vented WUI assembly, and this is an overvented WUI assembly. All of these assemblies give you options that will help your building withstand the risks of fire.
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